Seven Hundred in Numbers

How to write 700 in words

The number 700 is written “seven hundred” in British English.

Because 700 is below one thousand it is a single group: name the hundreds and stop. That gives “seven hundred”.

In running text the number is normally lowercase: “the fee is seven hundred pounds”. At the start of a sentence, in a heading, or on a legal document it takes capitals: Seven Hundred. Formal documents often give both forms together, for example “seven hundred (700)”, so that a reader can check one against the other.

2 words · 12 letters · 700 = 7 × 100 (one hundred)

Seven Hundred in figures

To turn “seven hundred” back into digits, work group by group. Each group word (billion, million, thousand) marks a block of three digits. The result is 700, or 700 without separators.

How to write 700 on a cheque

Banks read the amount in words as the legal amount, so it must be exact. Write the pounds in words, add the word pounds, and finish with only so that nothing can be added afterwards.

• With pence: add the pence after the pounds – “Seven hundred pounds and fifty pence only” for £700.50 – or write the pence as a fraction, “Seven hundred pounds 50/100”.
• US check: “Seven hundred and 00/100 dollars”. American cheques drop the “and” after the hundreds and put it before the cents.
• Bangladesh, India and Pakistan: the currency word comes first and the amount is counted in lakh and crore – “Taka seven hundred only”, with the figure written Tk. 700/=.

Read the full guide to writing a UK cheque or the guide to writing a cheque in Bangladesh for the layout, the date, and what to do if the words and figures disagree.

700 in British and American English

700 is spelled exactly the same way – “seven hundred” – in British and American English. The two varieties only differ when a number contains hundreds followed by tens or units, where British English adds “and”. Read more in our guide to British vs American English numbers.

700 in Bangla (বাংলায় ৭০০)

In Bangla, 700 is written ৭০০ using Bengali digits, and in words it is সাতশো. Bangla has its own word for every number from one to ninety-nine, and above that it counts in হাজার (thousand), লাখ (lakh) and কোটি (crore), the same grouping used across Bangladesh and India.

On a cheque or invoice written in Bangla the amount reads সাতশো টাকা মাত্র (“সাতশো taka only”). In English on the same cheque it is Taka seven hundred only – see How to write a cheque in Bangladesh.

Common mistakes when writing 700

• Pluralising the group words. It is hundred, never “hundreds”, “thousands” or “millions” after a number.
• Mixing words and figures. In running text keep to one style: seven hundred or 700, not 700 (seven hundred) unless it is a legal document.

Other ways to write 700

Half of 700 is 350 (three hundred and fifty). Double 700 is 1,400 (one thousand four hundred).